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A Diaphanous-related formin links Ras signaling directly to actin assembly in macropinocytosis and phagocytosis.


ABSTRACT: Phagocytosis and macropinocytosis are Ras-regulated and actin-driven processes that depend on the dynamic rearrangements of the plasma membrane that protrudes and internalizes extracellular material by cup-shaped structures. However, the regulatory mechanisms underlying actin assembly in large-scale endocytosis remain elusive. Here, we show that the Diaphanous-related formin G (ForG) from the professional phagocyte Dictyostelium discoideum localizes to endocytic cups. Biochemical analyses revealed that ForG is a rather weak nucleator but efficiently elongates actin filaments in the presence of profilin. Notably, genetic inactivation of ForG is associated with a strongly impaired endocytosis and a markedly diminished F-actin content at the base of the cups. By contrast, ablation of the Arp2/3 (actin-related protein-2/3) complex activator SCAR (suppressor of cAMP receptor) diminishes F-actin mainly at the cup rim, being consistent with its known localization. These data therefore suggest that ForG acts as an actin polymerase of Arp2/3-nucleated filaments to allow for efficient membrane expansion and engulfment of extracellular material. Finally, we show that ForG is directly regulated in large-scale endocytosis by RasB and RasG, which are highly related to the human proto-oncogene KRas.

SUBMITTER: Junemann A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5127317 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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A Diaphanous-related formin links Ras signaling directly to actin assembly in macropinocytosis and phagocytosis.

Junemann Alexander A   Filić Vedrana V   Winterhoff Moritz M   Nordholz Benjamin B   Litschko Christof C   Schwellenbach Helena H   Stephan Till T   Weber Igor I   Faix Jan J  

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20161107 47


Phagocytosis and macropinocytosis are Ras-regulated and actin-driven processes that depend on the dynamic rearrangements of the plasma membrane that protrudes and internalizes extracellular material by cup-shaped structures. However, the regulatory mechanisms underlying actin assembly in large-scale endocytosis remain elusive. Here, we show that the Diaphanous-related formin G (ForG) from the professional phagocyte Dictyostelium discoideum localizes to endocytic cups. Biochemical analyses reveal  ...[more]

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